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Martyr's Death for Priest in Mexico Member of Audit Bureau of Circulati/ins Content! Copyright by the (^tholic Press Society, Ine., 1967—Pem iuion to Reproduce, Except os Father Fullana Died to Preserve Articles Otherwise Marked, Given After 12 H. Friday Following Issue Sacred Vessels From Profanation DENVER CATHOUC By Pa u l H. H allett fiate the murder Father Fuliaiu from Spain and served u Sc. police this week, and here are Fathet John FuUtaa, CR-, was attacked in front o f the Cajetan's Parish from 19)0 to his words: 'When my friend dic’d t martyr'a dnth. Such is the church when locking gates for 19)6 and in H oly Pamily Parish, Valentino [the one wbo did the (udgment o f Father Anthoay Sa- the,night after a service. He Fort Collins, from 19)6 to 1950. actual killing] was grabbin jren , Supetioc of the Theatine died at Our Lady o f Fatima Like Christ, explained Father things in the room, he nodeet Order in the U. S. and Mexico^ Shrine in M exico City Jan. 9. Anthony, who (tom his Mexko once or twice, that the Blessed R«v. J o lu Fu1Ia&«, C. R« Father Fullana came to Denver City -residence wrote a letter to (T u n to Page S — Colxinn S) REGISTER w ho went to M exico to investi- (he R egiiiir to give details of VOL. Lll. No. 24. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24,1957 DENVER, COLORADO + + the tragedy. Father Fullana was betrayed — betrayed by two of Dedication Scheduled May 1 his "good " friends, who, Judas­ like, sold him for money. Like Priesthood His Master, he died in silence, SI speaking but' five or six words, For New St. John's School, and those of forgiveness for his Ordination h i merciless executioners. Like the death of the Cruci­ Set June J Church of Loveland Parish fied, too, Father John's death was brutal and painful. His Three deacons of the The four-classroom school and audi-|day, May 1, by Archbishop Urban J. murderers broke three o f his ribs, his chotax, and his skull. Denver Archdioce.3e study- torium in St. John the Evangelist’s Par- Vehr. A Dedication Mass will be offered injf at St. Thomas’ Semi- ish. Loveland, will be dedicated Wednes-kt 11 a.m. at which the Archbishop will They knifed through his bowels i ‘ jary are eligible for the re- assist, The atrucCnre coat an and bis stomach; they made his <k:ption of the priesthood at Doctors’ Guild estimated 1160,000. Men’s Breakfast flesh livid with blows from an A one-«ory building with­ the hands of Archbishop Urban iron bar and one or two bats. Speaker out a basement, tbe school is Speaker J. Vehr in tbe Cathedral Satur­ the first unit in a complete N ot satisfied with all this, they day, June 1, at 9;S0 aun. larish plant envisioned fo r St. rammed handkerchiefs through With the addition of Fa^er ohn's. According to Father his throat, which went so deep Leonard Urban, ordained in Rome the past December, and Francis J. Kappes. Loveland that the doctors w ho performed pastor, the school auditorium the Rev. Leonard Alimena, the autopsy had to use forceps will he used as a parish church studying at tha Joeepbinum, with an expected seating space to take them out. Worthington, 0,. the archdio­ for 450 persons, and a capacity Jolliers Showed cese gains five priests from this of 600. It will replace the old yesr's cisiM. The three Denver parish church, which was built Hofred el Religion deicons at St. Thomas' are the 64 years ago and which has Marryedom in the sense used Rev. Emmanuel A. Gabel, the Rev. Joseph J. XJevens, and the severely limited accommoda- by die Church is death patiently Rev. John F. Slattery. tiont. borne at the hands of someone Assisting Archbishop Vehr in The pews and altar of the the ordination rites in the Ca­ old church will be moved to the w ho inflicts it out o f hatred thedral June 1 will be the Very new building. for Christ (or something oxi- Rev. William Kennailly, C.Ml, The school, which now has an neaed ditealy with Christ, such rector of SL Thomas’, as as­ enrollment of 88. is sUffed by w the Church or the virtue of cally the feiTor of Mexico attachment to Mary. sistant priest, and tbe Rev. the Franciscan Sisters of the llniv«rcnluniversal rniinFnifh 7u,oung diascity). Death inflicted It was amonV these people tbat Father Fullana, George C. Tolman, C.M., notary. Third Order of Mary Inmaen- Meaico enjoy the riches and consolations of whose martyr's death is described in an accom­ merely fot gain alone would not 19 Candidates Ute, whose mother-house is in the true faith. Here, hla lottery aiipa about bis panying story, expended his life, Four tbonsand Joliet, HI. come under this definition; but Nineteen other archdiocessn neck, a lottery ticket peddler takes time out to ersons rode in buses Co his burial. His death students are candidates for the Remodeled Farmhouse there are circumstances that sug­ visit tbe Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe with Eas ronsed the people to the immediate comple­ ordination elaases to be ad­ Is Nuns' Convent gest tbat hatred o f religion, as hit family. tion of his church.— (Photo by S.Sgt. J. E. vanced ecclesiastically in cere­ Tbe terioutness of hia mien portrays graphi­ Jenness} The nuns' convent, a con­ well as greed, was involved in monies in the St. Thomas Sem­ verted larmouse, is on the same this crime. All tbe sacred vesseb inary Chapel on Thursday, May Biahop Merlin J. Guil- 30, at 7:30 p.m., and Friday, Bishop John J. Wright 13-acre site as the school, where foyie (above), Auxiliary o f the church were stolen and the ^urch and rectory will be May 31. at 8;S0 i.m. of San Francisco, will be the melted. One o f the most strik­ 143 Cub and Boy Scouts to Receive (above) of Worcester, built. The echoo! will be ex­ The Thursday evening rites speaker at the 1967 Denver will bestow on four Denver sem­ Maas., will be the gpeaker at panded in 1967-’68 to include ing of the outrages was the the Catholic Doctors’ Guild Catholic M e n’s Communion inarians first tonsure—a formal seven grades The Loveland crushing o f the head o f the dinner in Denver on Tuesday, breakfast. The event, sponsored parish includes 250 families initiation into the clerical life. Feb. 5. The prelate, known as by Knights of Columbus Coun­ statue o f Our Lady o f Fatima, Awards in Cathedral Rites Jan. 27 The same students will receive and some 200 children. cil 638, will be held March 31. one of the country's outstand' which the Mexican Theacines Scouts is tbe Parvuli Dei ((Hiil- nual program held in Che Ca­ first minor orders—porter and The building was constructed It will follow Mass at 8 o’clock Archbishop Urban J. Ing Catholic scholars and ora­ had dearly loved. The sucue dren of Godj medal and the thedral. lector—in the Ordination Mass with the lift-slab method, by in the Cathedral,— (See page Vehr will present religious tors, will ducuss St. Joan of Boy Scout award is the Ad Friday morning, when seven which the reinforced concrete 16 also.) stood on Father Fullana's book­ Arc. Bcouting awards to ' 143 Altare Dei (To the Altar of Spociol Awards Denver men will receive second slab roof was poured and Colorado Sprinn Catholic case. It had accompanied the Bishop Wright was ordeioed Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts God) cross. 'These are Uie only For Two Leodera minor orders— exorcist and aco­ cured on the ground and then men vrill have their annual In 1936. A fter serving as Aux­ Theatines to Mexico. at the annual Catholic Catholic awards lor boys par­ ly te -e n d eight others, the sub- lifted carefully to its place on joint Communion at St. Mary’s For the first time in Denver iliary of the Boston Arehdioceae I felt heartsick," wrote Fa­ Sfouting program at the Ca­ ticipating in the scouting pro- two laymen will r^eive a spe- diiconate. The subdiaconate is from 1947 to 1950, ha was the steel framework. Church in the 8 o’clock Mass tbe first of the major orders, ther Anthony, "when I saw this thedral Sunday, Jan. 27, at 4 rram and they are presented named by the Holy Father as Father Kappes became pM- Sunday, April 7. imposing tbe obligation of celi­ p.m. .The award for the Cab just once each year at the an- first Ordinary of the Worcester tor of St. John’i Parish in Bishop Guilfoyle became the bekmd statue, which had been Local TV stalieoi will bacy and recitation of tha Di­ Diocese. He was enthroned in 1944. He has renovated the sixth native of the Bay City to kissed ao many times by all our pbatafraph tha Scout Sun­ vine Office. church, enlarged the rectory, St. Piul’i Cethedral, Worcester, be raised to the Episcimate Parishioners, with its head 360 Infant BaptLsniN in Y ear day program oa movia fitni Pathen Renneally and Tol­ and erected a parish hall from March 7, 1960. Bishop W right when he was consecrated ^ p t. and will abow tha film oa man vrill assist Archbishop Vehr a barracks building. In June, broken, not at tbe neck or hmi- was only 37 when raiMd to the 21, 1960.

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